Rajasthan PhD student suicide: Professor, HoD, Dean named in FIR

A professor, a research guide and a dean of Central University of Rajasthan have been booked in connection with the alleged suicide of a PhD scholar in the varsity, police said on Sunday.

The body of Mohit Chauhan, who was pursuing his doctorate in Mathematics at the Ajmer-based university, was found hanging from the ceiling inside his hostel room on Friday evening.

The case was registered on Saturday on a complaint by Mohit's father Dinesh Kumar against assistant professor Vidyottama Jain, under whom he was doing his PhD, head of the Mathematics department D C Sharma, and Dean (Research) Aditya K Gupta with Bandarsindari police station in Ajmer rural, they said.

"The FIR was lodged under section 306 of IPC (abetment of suicide) yesterday," the police said.

Initial reports suggested that the student was under depression after allegedly being harassed by research guide and others, police said.